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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through City of Glass, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Quinn go to read Stillman's book?
(a) The bookstore.
(b) The Columbia Library.
(c) The Stillman's apartment.
(d) Central Park.

2. Whom does Peter Stillman fear is going to murder him?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) His neighbor.
(d) His wife.

3. What does Quinn purchase before leaving the luncheonette?
(a) A bag of potato chips.
(b) A red notebook.
(c) A magazine.
(d) A blue notebook.

4. To which two continental philosophers does the narrator credit the concept of the "noble savage"?
(a) Milton and Dark.
(b) Nietzsche and Heidigger.
(c) Hume and Kant.
(d) Locke and Rousseau.

5. According to the telephone conversation at the end of Chapter 1, why does the caller need Quinn to protect him?
(a) The caller is paranoid.
(b) The caller believes he is going to be murdered.
(c) The caller is a celebrity.
(d) The caller has committed a crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who held Peter Stillman captive in the dark room for nine years?

2. In Chapter 8, what is the message spelled out by the letters of the maps?

3. In Chapter 8, what do each of the maps of Stillman's routes resemble to Quinn?

4. According to the information in Chapter 4, who was the Scottish sailor considered to be the model for Robinson Crusoe?

5. Who is the author of The New Babel?

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